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Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999

By Burt, Elizabeth V.

Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999 Media & Communication

Women's Press Organizations, 1881-1999

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Little has been published about press organizations, and even less about women's press organizations. This book is the first to document the history of women's press organizations. In addition to rich historical accounts of some of these organizations, it also provides a picture of many of the women journalists involved in these press organizations, many of whom were leaders, both in journalism and in the social movements of their time. This book is a description and analysis of forty women's press organizations that have been key to the development of women writers of the press since the first established organization in 1881. Each entry describes the challenges faced by women that brought about the establishment of the organization at that particular time and place, some of the women who played key roles in the group's leadership, the group' s major activities and programs and its contributions to women of the press. The main purpose of these organizations was to provide women with a place where they could discuss professional issues and career strategies at a time when they were largely excluded from or marginalized by male-dominated media institutions. However, many also reflected the interests of some of the social and political reform movements associated with the women's movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, including the woman suffrage, peace, and ERA movements. Although some of the organizations described here no longer exist, new ones have taken on the challenge, in a profession where women still do not have equity.
Product details
Number of Pages:
382
Release Date:
2000-06-01
Publication Date:
2000-06-30
Publisher:
Greenwood
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
027496095803879526590313306613
ISBN13:
9780313306617
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
7
Maximum Reading Age:
17
Weight:
769 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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